The burbot (Lota lota) is the only freshwater gadiform (cod-like) fish. It is also known as the lawyer, and (misleadingly) eelpout, and closely related to the common ling and the cusk. It is the only member of the genus Lota. The genus and species name "lota" comes from "la lotte," the old French word for "codfish". The Inuktitut–Iñupiaq word for burbot was used to name the recently discovered extinct transitional species Tiktaalik. Distribution It is most common in streams and lakes… (More on Burbot)